Application Update

This guide explains a few ways to update application. Application information change, application version-up, expanding release model groups, and quick release. Depending on application status, some update may be restricted.

Modifying App Basic Information

All the basic information of any application is available to be changed after the application is already registered or under registration.

Go to “Applications” > “App Management” menu, and choose the application whose information you want to change. By clicking "Modify App Info” button at the application detail page, you may modify any of them. Some of basic information may not be available if the application is under certification.

Table 1. Application Basic Information

Input Field

Updatable

Input Field

Updatable

App ID

No

App Name

No

Category

Yes(Except for QA testing)

Rating

Yes

Privacy Policy

Yes

Rating Certification

Yes

Country

Yes(Except for QA testing and submitted)

Language

Yes

App Title (*)(for default language)

Yes(Except for QA testing)

App Description

Yes

Icon Images

Yes(Except for QA testing)

Screenshots

Yes

Seller Information

Yes

The "App Title" change is available via "Version up" process not by "Modifying App Info".

Important

If you are a partner seller or belong to a partner group, you are permitted to serve your applications out of United States. However if your application is under certification, you cannot change the service countries.
If you wish to change/add service countries, please consult your contents manager first before making any changes. The online change of this will be rejected without pre-agreement with content manager.

In the case of Smart View enabled application, you can change "Service Logo" and "Service Title" as well.

Application Version-up

The "Version Up" of application usually takes place when you want to add some features to your application, or to update it due to defect resolutions. The version up process of application is similar with application registration process. At this process, you do not need to enter any of Basic information.

The following is the process of application version up.

1. Choosing Application

If you go "Application" > "Management" menu, there will be all the applications which your group are managing. (Under registration, already registered, under certification, already launched, or dropped, etc.)

First, you need to choose the application to update into a new version at this application management page. After selecting an application, you shall go into the application's detail page.

Figure 1. Application Management Page

2. Clicking the "Version Up" Button

If click "Version Up" button at the application's detail page, an option box for package type will be appeared.

Figure 2. Application Version Up

Tizen Platform (wgt Package)
If you want the version up of application which is developed with Tizen SDK, select this type. This version up application can be served only at Tizen TV.

Legacy Platform (zip Package)
If you want to version up of application which is developed with Samsung Smart TV SDK, select this type. This version up application can be served only at Samsung Legacy Platform TV.

Note

Even Samsung does not permit currently to newly launch any applications based on Samsung TV SDK, you are available to update the Smart TV SDK applications already launched.

3. Proceeding Application Registration

The remaining steps are similar with application registration process.

Important

An updated application's version should be higher than the previous version. Otherwise the updated version will be failed on Pre-Test step.

If the application which you wish to update is under certification, you need to cancel the certification using the "Drop" button at first then proceed the version up process.

If you want to version up your application for FCC applied model groups, you should support both "Caption" and "TTS (Text to Speech)" features. Otherwise, you are not permitted to launch your application on those model groups.

Note

Quick Release: If some defects are found during application certification, you will get certification result report from Samsung as the certification has been failed. However only if those defects are minor issues and you wish to release the application as of the quality, you may request to Samsung to release the application.

Adding Model Groups

This section explains the process about how to expand any application launched already at some model groups to other model groups.

1. Choosing an Application

If you go "Application" > "Management" menu, there will be all the applications which your group are managing. (Under registration, already registered, under certification, already launched, or dropped, etc.)

First, you need to choose the application to launch to other model groups at this application management page. You shall go into the application's detail page.

2. Clicking the "Request Add Model Group" Button

3. Selecting Target Model Groups

You need to select any additional model groups where you would like to launch the application. According to the selected model groups, only commonly available versions for those model groups will be listed. Choose the application version you wish to provide that selected model groups with.

Figure 3. Request Add Model Group Page

Some model groups may not be shown for the choice in the following cases.

If there are some defects unsolved or under certification about any model groups

If the final version number is higher than 255

If the same application is launched and on serving for some model groups as different versions, you should choose one version which you wish to expand to new model groups. When any version of application is already serving on the selected model groups, the higher version will be served after proper certification if required.

Some versions may not be shown for the choice in the following cases.

When you add model groups not supporting Samsung Checkout, Samsung Checkout featured application versions will not be shown.

When you add FCC applied model groups, the application versions which do not support "Caption" and "TTS (Text to Speech)" will not be shown.

Note

If the version list box is empty, it means there is no commonly available version for the selected model groups.

Changing Application Status

You can change the status of application into the following status:

Terminate
will delete a launched application at Samsung Smart TV, and uninstall it from user TVs where the application has been already installed.

Suspend
will hide a launched application at Samsung Smart TV, but not uninstall it from user TVs where the application has been already installed.

Restore
will unhide suspended application from Samsung Smart TV.

Note

"Suspend" or "Terminate" is be handled for all the launched model groups at one time.

If any application is under registration, under verification or terminated, it cannot be suspended or terminated.

If Samsung suspends application, only Samsung is available to restore it again.

Terminate

1. Choosing an Application

After go "Application" > "Management" menu, select the one application which you will suspend or terminate.

2. Clicking the "Change Status" Button

If any application is selected, "Change Status" button will be activated. Click the button.